ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Cylinder Seal with Griffin
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functioncylinder seals
Place CreatedAsia
CultureMitanni
PeriodMitanni
Date1600-1350 BCE
MediumHematite
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen
Dimensions11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Object number1985.022.007
Exhibition HistorySelected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
ProvenanceSaid to be ex Marcopoli Collection, Aleppo, Syria, assembled late 19th Century. Thence by descent. With Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York, purchased in Zurich, Switzerland, May 1982.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
8th-late 7th Century BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
1600-1350 BCE
